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Substantial research indicates a negative relationship between excessive consumption, namely materialism, and consumer well-being (CWB). Since anti-consumption is contradictory to materialism, and materialism has a negative relationship with CWB, logically, [...]

In the last two decades of the new millennium, we have seen consumer well-being affected in two vastly opposing ways. On one hand, we see an ever-increasing conglomeration of corporations, [...]

Many companies recruit employees from different parts of the globe, and faking behavior by potential employees is a ubiquitous phenomenon. It seems that applicants from some countries are more prone to faking compared to others, but the reasons for these differences are largely unexplored. This study relates country‐level economic variables to faking behavior in hiring processes. In a cross‐national study across 20 countries, participants (N = 3,839) reported their faking behavior in their last job interview. This study used the random response technique (RRT) to ensure participants' anonymity and to foster honest answers regarding faking behavior. Results indicate that general economic indicators (gross domestic product per capita [GDP] and unemployment rate) show negligible correlations with faking across the countries, whereas economic inequality is positively related to the extent of applicant faking to a substantial extent. These findings imply that people are sensitive to inequality within countries and that inequality relates to faking, because inequality might actuate other psychological processes (e.g., envy) which in turn increase the probability for unethical behavior in many forms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates the effect of different anticonsumption constructs on consumer wellbeing. The study assumes that people will only lower their level of consumption if doing so does not also lower personal wellbeing. More precisely, this research investigates how specific subtypes of sustainable anticonsumption (e.g., voluntary simplicity, collaborative consumption, and debt‐free living) relate to different states of consumer's wellbeing (e.g., financial, psychosocial, and subjective wellbeing). This work also examines whether consumer empowerment can improve personal wellbeing and strengthen the anticonsumption wellbeing relationship. The results show that voluntarily foregoing consumption does not reduce wellbeing and consumer empowerment plays a significant role in supporting sustainable pathways to consumer wellbeing. This study reasons that empowerment improves consumer sovereignty, but may be detrimental for consumers heavily concerned about debt‐free living. The present investigation concludes by proposing implications for public and consumer policymakers wishing to promote appropriate sustainable (anticonsumption) pathways to consumer wellbeing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to determine if the introduction of disposable instruments for tonsillectomy resulted in a significant change in post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage rates. This is a prospective comparative study of haemorrhage rates for cold dissection (CD) tonsillectomy in adults using reusable instruments during 1999–2000 (n=83) and disposable instruments between August and December 2001 (n=111). Haemorrhage rates in children with reusable instruments (n=156) and disposable instruments (n=115) were also compared. Confidence intervals were established for the differences between study groups along with exact levels of significance. No difference was found in the overall reactionary haemorrhage rate [P=0.32, Diff 0.9% (95% CI; -3.2 to +0.4)] or secondary haemorrhage rate [P=1.00, Diff 3.4% (95% CI; -0.09 to +0.01)] between reusable and disposable instruments. The introduction of disposable instruments has not produced a statistically significant increase in post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage rates in our centre. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]